Smoker&#39;s article



Patented F eb. 4, 1930 "SAMUEL H.L reason, or BROOKLYN, NEW YORK sM'oKEns ARTICLE Appiioauoamednarcn 3o, 1327. serial No. 179,410.

Thisinvention relates to smokers"y articles` such'as pipes, cigarf'holders andthe like, kand moreparticularly,to arrangements 1n such articlesfor cooling-andy purifying the smoke produced fby burningv tobacco, .priori to the inhalation? offsa-idsmoke by the smoker. v, hv-'I'n 'tobacc'opipes, for example, of conventionfalconstruction, thesmoke of burning tobaccofisusually delivered to the smoker ata relatively-high temperaturevand Withsits full Y content of'V undesirablev and inj urious, f substances, such las nicotine, etc. Oneof the featuresk 'of this inventionii's the; provision of meansin ytobacco vpipes and inI other smokers 115' articles,-forrcausing .the smoke toy traverse a somewhat'. longer passage than inusual prac- V jy tice on itsvvay'from the source tothe smokers j mouth, forsubstantially coolingthe smoke While traversing this'ppassage, ,and forv purii yingthesmokezbythe substantialgelimina tion; of the -injurious ,p elements contained thereimfvvhich elements, When inhaled, may vproduce deleterous electsupon the smokers y physical andmentalffcondition. 1

55 :gvOne ,ofthenovel,features offthis invention'is attained byproviding in ka particular tobacco Vpipegtakenf for illustrative purposes, l acreservoir'or chamberradjacent tothe-smoke Y passage glorpassages, conveying yfthe' smoke .Se fromthe'pipebo-Wl tothe smokers mouth, in

-f Which reservoir therefmay ybe confined a coolingmedium; such aasf watery-sothaty asi the smoke produced the pipe bowl' traverses the smokegpassageror. passages, it will con.-

dium and reach'. the mouth of 'thesmoker at a substantiallyelolwertemperature, in a cool condition, andv pleasant andcomfortable for inhalation. fForthesakefof convenience.

'h-D Water Willgbeal'eferred to hereinaterillustia- 1,45 Qi water Without departing r`fron'itherspirit and-.Scopegoffthis invention nthj'-nyent'om Aatithe same ,time that kthe;smo keer-s. being cooled: duringl its passage f f from fthe; pipeggbwlffto the mouth ot. the

5G smoker, the smokeebecomesl,substantially purified by virtue of the fact that the injurious substances, suspended in thecsmoke and carried thereby, are separated from the smoke, these substances being deposited Von some form of disc, for example, interposed in the path of the smoke. The disc may be adapted toact as a baiile, and as the smoke passes from the pipe bowl to the smokers mouth, it may impinge upon the disc, the iny jurious substances contained in the smoke being' thereby condensed and .deposited on said disc. Accordingly, theseinjurious substances are thereby prevented from entering the smokers mouth along With the smoke. The deposits of nicotine, etc., accumulating on the disc which is acting as a balile, flow downwardly and may be removed in the periodical cleaning of the pipe. vThus, it becomesapparent that at the same time that the smoke is being cooled by the Water ina reservoir, the injurious substances, such as nicotine and the like, are being deposited as al sediment, the purification of the smokey being accomplished bythe presence of ardisc which is acting'as abaiie. f f

rIhe action ofthe discsas a baile may be considered to'be automatic, the4 discbeing so shaped that thesmokepassage onpassages remain open at all times for the transmission of smoke. As has already been stated, the disc isinterpo'sed in the path of the smoke, and as the smoke producesfa-suct-ion 'in-:the smoke passage or passages in order to draw in lsome smoke, the disc, Whichis of amatorialof very light Weight, is drawn toward the mouth ofthe smoker, remaining liXed in position as4 long as the suction continues. Vhenthe smoker ystops drawing in smoke, the baille may, if desired, bearrangechto movea short distance away from its former position. `rl/Vhen a suction is again `produced by thesmoker, the disc is again ydravvn toward the smoker, and soit continues. The back- Ward and forward movement of the disc, during smoking, is desirable because itcauses the matter accumulatingon the disc to merge into drops and then move downwardly out ofthe normal path `of the smoke.

While Vthis inventionwill be pointedout with particularity in the'appendedclaim,the

invention itself, both as to its further objects and features, will be better understood from the detailed description hereinafter following, when read in connection with the accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 represents one embodiment of the invention shown herein merely forthe purpose of illustration, Fig. 2.shows;avie1.wof one ofthe elements of the illustrated pipe of Fig. l, and 3 shows a perspective ofv anotherkof kthe elements of the illustrated pipe of Fig.` 1'.

In Fig. l of the drawing, reference characters 2 and 4 designate the pipe bowl and shank respectively, these being of any shapes well known in the art. Theshank has a water reservoir: or chamber 6v torrrled therein, permanentlyclosed aty the. endi near the pipe'- bowly 2i and; closed attheother end bymeans ofy a threaded sealingfmember' 8 andi the; en;- l-argeds end ofthepipe-stemu l0, as will-'be described: more fully hereinafter; A cylindrical; rod: 12, preferablyv threadedr at. one end;

1:4 and diminished in diameter at the other end 16 extends from; the pipe-bowl: 2 to a:

- chamber 18'.4 In. therod' 1-2 there, is a bore o1: smoke passage, 2.0.: running substantially parallel. to the.wat.erchamber6. lin the embodiment of this invention. shown` herein for illustra-tive purposes, aiV single smoke passage 26 is: shown4 extending from, the pipe-bowl 2 tothe vchamber. 1.8. Vrlihissmoke passage` is preferably centrallyv disposedf within vshank 4,` the water ljacket or chamber 6. surrounds ing the smoke passage 20., Therodg 152, which separatesthe smoke passage 2O ifromzthewater jacketl olf-chamber. 6: is: of relatively small diameter.l and ismade preferably of amet-allic substance, such. as aluminum, in. order to permit a higher rate ofhejat, transfer... V In 4other words, the rod 12 is made preferably of a: substance which will: freely conduct: heat contain-'edi in,v the) smoke` traversing the smoke passage 20' to;v the4 water+chamber6, so; that the water contained. therein. may thus absorb' the heatntransmittedf,the temperaturegradi.-

ent of. the smoke therefore decreasing consider'ably through()'ut the path of: the passage20. n ,p

The pipe-bowl 2 receives tobacco which may be burned therein. 'Bhe porti-on of the pipe between: the pipelbowl '2i and the waterychamber 6 is: shown. threaded so.y as to re,- ceive Vthe threadedterminal 1141 of the `rod 12. Yet it will be understood: that4 the rod 1*.2 may, in practiceybe fixed: in a position relative toth-ebowli2 i'n numerous other. ways well known to` those skilled, in the art:

Thepipe-stemfor mouthpiece .lOi'senlarged at oneend 221v provided' with, internal and external. 'screw threads. The external screw threads a-revemployed to connect the pipehstem lOft'o the internally thread-ed open end vof the shank 4i, 'The other end vof the stemy 1'0 is provided with: a. tipu'24 adapted Vto be received and held inthe mouth of the smoker., The stem 10 also has a central bore or smoke passage 26 extending from chamber 18 to tip 24. The smoke passage 26' may, if desired, be concentric with smoke pas-p sage 20.

betweenl smoke passage 2.0- and. smoke,4 passage, 26.., This, disc or baille is. loosely dis-f posed in the chamber 18, free'to move backwardlyl or kforwardly within chamber 18.

Batlle 28' moves backwardly when a suction` isY established within smoke passage 26 and forwardly when the latter suction is released.y

The threaded sealing memberv8 is provided to close thewater-chamber 6 in orderA to prevent wateroontained therein from leaking into the; chamber 1,8.l The threaded i' sealing member 8 isf preferably cylogindrical,` .threaded externally in;k orden to; be engageable with the internally Athreaded portion of the pipefstenr LO. The threaded; Sealing member 8 is hollowat the, center, this hollow Vportion being, alsooylindrical and of, sul?.- icient diameter so thaty it mayy befreely moved; over the necked portion16jofitherod 12. The threaded sealingL member 8|isshown herein resting against; the shoulder of` rod.,

v12. Yet, if necessary,l a; gasket offra material such, as rubber, libre, on the like, may be. placed, 'againstf'the-- annular surfacegof the threadedv sealing member. 8 adjacent: tothe.

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water-chamber 6iny order to:moretightlyseal Y ioo andf intothe mouh` of the smoker. It wi-llzbe apparent that asf the smoke' traverses the smoke passage 20, vthe: heat: contained therein will be transmitted; to the. cooling .mediumV confined within chamber 6.V

The'fdisc or balile28 vmay be groovedomboth sides as shown. The groovenear smokefpas sage 26festablishesafree .path forzsmoke flow ing: from chamber 18 to. smoke passa-ge 26 when the-baffle 28 is movedrtoward'theasmoker as is the case whensuction. is applied' tothe smoke passage 26. Yet dueto: the force. of

gravity, and duev to -the inclination ofthe walls of chamberf18, the. discforfbalile'- 28 moves yforwardly. wheni the suction; within smoke-ipassagel26is released Itis to be understood, however, that the disclor 'baille-'28',

may, if desired, be gro-ovedfto-mesh.v withY a corresponding proJecting yelement'V infchami ber 18, or that'projections ,may be. provided within chamber 18. (as shown/ by the dotted lines therein) Vto control the later-al-s movementl of baille y, 28 within.. chamber 18; within the scope of. this invention." 4 f 70 Y A disc or balle 28 is interposed in the path It will be further understood that the shank 4: may, if desired, be separate and distinct from pipe-bowl 2 and, furthermore, that shank may be of a transparent material solthatthe smoker mayv observe the presence of the liquid medium Within chamber 6 and itsy condition.

Fig. 2 shows a` perspective of the disc or vbalile 28 of Fig. l, having the grooved por- 1'0' tions on its front and rear sides. These grooved portions are shovvn in parallel relationship, yet they may be disposed at any angle with respect to each other Within the scope of this invention.

Fig. 3 shows an embodiment of the threaded sealing member 8 of Fig. l. It Will be remembered that the sealing member 8 is threaded externally in order to be engageable with the internal threaded portion of the t shapes and'dimensions of the smokers articles may be varied as found desirable Without departing from the spirit and scope of this invention. y

While this invention ,has been shown and i described in connection with one particular embodiment merely for the purpose of illustration, it is to be distinctly understood that the general principles of this invention may y be applied to other and Widely varied organif claim.

zations Without departing from the spirit of the invention or the scope of the appended What is claimed is: l In a tobacco pipe having a shank with an rvenlarged recess, the combination of a stem connected to the shank, said stem also having an enlarged recess, atube located centrally Within the shank of the pipe and extending fromy the bowl of the pipe tothe stem, said tube being connected with the bowl and With the stem of the pipe in a watertight manner,

and a disk located in the recess of the stem,

v said disk acting as a Vibratory element during the smoking process.

f In testimonyvwhereof, I have signed my name to this specification this nineteenth 'day of March, 1927. v

v SAMUEL I-I. PARSON.. 

